The Lair of the White Worm (Version 2)


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(4.2 stars; 33 reviews)

The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, who also wrote Dracula. It is partly based on the legend of the Lambton Worm. The book was published in 1911, the year before Stoker's death, with color illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. In 1988, it was adapted into a film by Ken Russell. (Summary by Wikipedia) (5 hr 34 min)

Chapters

Chapter 1 8:01 Read by Mark Penfold
Chapter 2 14:28 Read by Mark Penfold
Chapter 3 9:00 Read by Mark Penfold
Chapter 4 19:09 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
Chapter 5 15:01 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
Chapter 6 11:38 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
Chapter 7 12:01 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
Chapter 8 15:41 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
Chapter 9 10:44 Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
Chapter 10 15:42 Read by Joshua Paul Johnson
Chapter 11 9:49 Read by Ethan Rampton
Chapter 12 9:16 Read by Ethan Rampton
Chapter 13 11:00 Read by Elliott Miller
Chapter 14 14:54 Read by Haylayer Flaga
Chapter 15 5:54 Read by Barry Eads
Chapter 16 9:31 Read by Barry Eads
Chapter 17 6:51 Read by Haylayer Flaga
Chapter 18 8:03 Read by Haylayer Flaga
Chapter 19 10:45 Read by Haylayer Flaga
Chapter 20 12:37 Read by Haylayer Flaga
Chapter 21 11:42 Read by Haylayer Flaga
Chapter 22 5:48 Read by Richard Schipper
Chapter 23 13:38 Read by Richard Schipper
Chapter 24 12:44 Read by Richard Schipper
Chapter 25 13:25 Read by Barry Eads
Chapter 26 11:14 Read by Barry Eads
Chapter 27 13:32 Read by Barry Eads
Chapter 28 22:30 Read by Barry Eads

Reviews

Not bad


(3 stars)

I guess I am not a Bram Stoker fan. The story doesn't really draw me in, I found myself listening just to hear how it ended. Some of the recordings are a bit rough; you can improve them with the equalizer. The quality noticeably improves the closer to the end of the book, so if you are a Stoker fan, go for it. I just felt the story itself was somewhat of a disappointment.

Wasted potential...


(2.5 stars)

The story has some potential but it is wasted because Stoker gave his plot a rather slow pace and dwells in stereotypical descriptions of the English countryside, Africans etc.

nice read


(5 stars)

would encourage reader to do more. Such as Victor Hugo, Churchill, Pope.